How To Install node-tacks on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tacks on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-tacks
node-tacks is:
This module is a plugin for tap testing framework.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-tacks on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install node-tacks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-tacks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-tacks
Install node-tacks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-tacks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-tacks
Install node-tacks Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install node-tacks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-tacks
How To Uninstall node-tacks on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-tacks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-tacks
Uninstall node-tacks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-tacks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tacks
Remove node-tacks Configurations and Data
To remove node-tacks configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-tacks
Remove node-tacks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-tacks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-tacks
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tacks package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
